Google has opened its first ever data centers in
Asia as it looks to boost its growth further in the region.
The move comes as a growing number of people in Asia
- which is home to more than half of the world's population - are getting
connected to the internet.
Google said that having data centers in Asia will
help it to provide faster and "more reliable" access to its tools and
services to users in the region.
The two new centers are based in Taiwan and
Singapore.
"The growth in Asia's Internet has been
amazing," Joe Kava, said Vice President of data centers at Google.
"Between July and September of this year alone,
more than 60 million people in Asia landed on the mobile internet for the first
time which equals to 2 areas the size of Canada and 3 areas the size of
Australia.
"And this growth probably won't slow for some
time, since the majority of people that have yet to come online also happen to
live in Asia," he added.
The rapid speed at which internet users in the region have been
growing, has turned Asia into a key market for internet firms.
China - Asia's largest economy - has more 500
million internet users, making its the world's biggest internet market.
Meanwhile, India - the world's second most populous
country after China - has seen the number of users double to 200 million just
in the last two years.
It took six years to achieve a similar growth in the
US, according to Google.
The firm said it plans to invest $600m (£365m) in
the long run in the Taiwan data center - the bigger of the two facilities in
the region.
NOTE: This is
just more evidence that the Global Economy is shifting from the US to
Asia. So, can you imagine what this will
mean for American Workers, the American Lifestyle, and the American Economic
Reputation in 3 to 5 years from now?
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